Radiator cover



. J. BACON RADIATOR COVER May 3, 1932.

Filed June 4, 1928 f INVENToR. g b W4,

y ATTORNEY.

Patented May 3, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WILLIAM; J. BACON, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, .ASSIGNOR T MYRTLE M. BACON, 0F MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE RADIATOR COVER Application led J'une 4, 1928. Serial No. 282,852.

My said invention relates to a radiator cover, and it is an object of the same to provide a radiator cover which shall conform as nearly as possible to the structure of a {ire-place in which there is a forced draft.

This device may be set over any form of radiator for water or steam or a modied form may be arranged in front of a radiator set into a recess in a wall. Within the scope of i@ my invention it may also be used over other sources of heat which are broadly the equivalents of a radiator, specific terms being used in the claims for purposes of description rather than limitation. It has been found from actual experience that the best results are obtained with a casing having a mesh wire strainer covering an opening in the lower part of the front wall of the casing and another mesh wire strainer covering an opening in the upper part of said wall, the entire casing being preferably insulated, except at the openings, to prevent radiation which tends to set up a secondary circulation of air. It will be understood that if the air adjacent the outer walls of the casing is heated by radiation it will create a circulation such as will carry up dust from the floor without passing through the casing itself whereby the dust can be removed from the air by the 130 screens and also by reason of the changes of direction in the travel of the air through the casing.

It is an object of my invention to provide a casing in which the air shall change direct. approximately horizontally, then rises and then passes out approximately horizontally.

In this movement the air current strikes 40 against solid surfaces that help to cause particles of dirt in the air to be separated out of the same. Even in passing through the air screens or filters the current is not at rightangles to the filter and the impingement of 45 particles of dirt against the screen at an angle ion preferably three times; i. e., it passes in to the same helps to separate the dirt therefrom.

Another object of the invention is to prevent the formation ot a pocket of air at the top ofthe radiator and for this purpose I provide an inclined plate rising from the rear of the casing toward the front to direct the current through the upper opening whether or not the same is provided with a screen.

Another object is to provide a. forced draft. For this purpose I provide a smaller opening at the top of the casing than that at the bottom, which accelerates the passage of air out from the radiator, creating a draft along the floor and throwing the heated air out into the room away from the wall. By this means the room is heated more quickly than would otherwise be the case. For this purpose also I provide horizontal inwardly 5 curved surfaces at the front and back of the casing which create a throat in the radiator cover for accelerating the movement of air through the radiator. It has been found by experiment that if the outlet is smaller than the inlet the air will pass out with a greater speed and it is intended to provide a device which shall speed up the circulation of air in the middle of the room rather than merely along the walls and the ceiling.

Referring to v the drawings, which are made a part of this application and in which similar reference characters indicate similar parts:

Fig 1 is a perspective of my improved de vice, Y

Fig. 2, a transverse, vertical section of the same, and

Fig. 3, a perspective of a modified form.

In the drawings reference numeral 10 indicates a radiator of any conventional or cle--r` sired type with which my improved radiator casing may be used. The casing has a rear wall 11 with a longitudinal inward curved portion l2, a flat top 13, ends 14 and 15 and a `ISIS front wall 16 having a horizontal curved portion 17. The front, rear and side walls are insulated as indicated at 18 and an inclined plate '19 above .they top Vof the radiator or other heating device. is also insulated, this plate being for the purpose of throwing the air current forward and preventing the formation Y cated in Fig. 1 at 23.

`stood,it s thought, from the previeusv'de-V scription. The air is drawn in'tothel :opening The operation:` offtheY device V.will be underi 21 alongfthe floor and contacts lwith the heat- Y Vmoves along the lioor and the hot air is ejected l toward. the vmiddle ofthe `room instead of `,merelylpassing up close toy .thefwall .The .particles of dirt in the air willV-strikeagainst .Y ',fthe rear wallorthe-inclined plate orthe air .ing` surfaces .offtheradiator after whichfit Y passes out through the upper opening QOvwith considerableforce 'owing to the relative size of the Aopenings and the .narrow lthroat Ybetween the'parxts112qand17. The cold airfilters,y if such are used and-at leastl avconsid- ,erablepart thereof will fall to vroom again; and again.y l .Fig 3 shows aform of-my invention gener- `allysimilar tothat just.I` described,` the `parts 4b. 12", .13', Y14', 17 land' 2.0 Vbeingsimilar in Yall respects, or in anyV Vdesired respects,fto .those :previously described'. Inthis'fform of the in- .Y vention, however, four legs24y are provided,

one ofwhich-.is .not shown, .and the air-.may Aenter-the ,casing at;the bottom thereof .onall `sides or onso Inanyas are-left open,p'a'ssing then through .the throat and ,out through the Y. airfilter, ifisuchisfprovided.. Preferably also an inclinedplatesuch as 18 will be--provided 5()k1 -It'willbe obvious tothose skilled in the art v that variousfmodificationsmay-be made in p my device without departing from the :spirit of thein-vention and therefore 1 do notV limit in this form ofthe invention.

' adjacent the upper and lower ends of the radiator, and horizontal inward curves on the front and rear walls between said openings providing a throat for the cover.

2. In combination with a source of heat, a casing having an outlet opening in its front wall, arr inlet opening lower than the outlet and of larger capacity, and means between the openings forming a constrictedthroat for the casing. y Y

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the bottom of fthe casinginsteadofvccirculating around the myself to what is'shown in the drawings'and ,described in theV specification f but.1 only .fas indicated in the appended claims. i w

Having f'thus fully described my4 said ,in

vention whatI claim as new anddesirefto secure by Letters Patent, is:

l. Y Incombination with a radiator, a casing l van upperand 1a .lower opening jinV its `front Wall,l the gupper opening being .smallerthan the lower and theopenings being respectively Y completely covering jtheradiator andfhaving Y Y 

